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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter W Lang, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Alfred E Maier, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335173 ; 335 35 ; 361 87 ;
Abstract
A circuit breaker comprises a stored-energy mechanism and a resettable roller-type latch for latching the stored-energy mechanism. The latch is operable upon the occurrence of overload current conditions to release the stored-energy mechanism to thereby trip the breaker. Alternately the latch may be actuated by utilizing a separate switch.